In the name of God Amen:
I Ann Hellman of the township of
Elizabeth and County of Lancaster and the State of Pennsylvania,
being sound and well in body and of perfect mind and memory,
thanks be to God for the same & calling to mind the mortality
of my body and that it is appointed for all once to die, do make
and constitute this my last Will and Testament.

First I give and recommend my
soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, and my body to
the earth. and as to such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased
God to bless me in this life, I give and dispose thereof as
follows.

Item. I give and bequeath unto my
son David Hellman the sum of one hundred pounds specie beforehand
as also a good and well furnished bed and bedstead, of which
money he is to have the interest during his natural life, and
after his death it is to be equally divided between amongst his
brothers and sisters and their lawful representatives. The
remainder of my estate not herein before willed to my son David
is to be equally divided amongst my children, namely my sons
Jacob Hellman, David Hellman and my daughters Ann intermarried
with George Carpenter, and Barbara intermarried with Theodor
Dodendorff and the children of my son John Hellman, deceased, in
the portion of their father and the children of my daughter
Elizabeth deceased, who was intermarried with Jacob Chitty; now
if any one of them to die without leaving a lawful heir or issue
then his or her portion is to go to the surviving brother or
sister, but in case all the children of either the said John
Hellman or the said Elizabeth Chitty should so happen to die as
aforesaid, then his, her or their portion is to be equally
divided between my sons and daughters and their lawful
representatives. further it is my will that if the said George
Carpenter shall be alive at the time of my decease, his wife's
portion shall be left in the hands of my hereinafter named
executor. After the death of the said George Carpenter the said
Ann his wife shall enjoy the money with the interest due therein
& in case the said Ann should die before her present husband,
then and in that case her portion is to go to her children.
Further it is my will that if the said Theodor Dodendorff shall
be alive at the time of my decease, his wife's portion shall be
left in the hands of my hereinafter named executor. After the
death of the said Theodor Dodendorff the said Barbara his wife
shall enjoy the money with the interest due therein & in case
the said Barbara should die before her present husband, then and
in that case her portion is to go to her children and both the
said George Carpenter and the said Theodor Dodendorff shall be
excluded of that part of the one hundred pounds willed to my son
David Hellman during his natural life as well as that part of the
remainder of my estate.

And I do hereby nominate and
appoint my brother Adam Hollinger of Warwick Township and my
brother George Hollinger of Elizabeth Township in the County of
Lancaster the Executors of this my last Will and Testament.

And I do hereby utterly disallow,
revoke and disannull all and every other former Wills, Testaments
and Executors by me in any wise herebefore named willed and
bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my
last Will and Testament.

In witness thereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-ninth day of November
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Three.

Ann <her X
mark> Hellman

signed and sealed in
presence of

Elias Eby
John Eby

I do hereby nominate
and appoint my trusty friends Peter Stauffer and Jacob Brubacher
to be my executors instead of my brothers Adam Hollinger and
George Hollinger and I do hereby disallow and annul said
nominations. And further I order that the money herein before
willed to my son David is to remain charges on my lands and the
executors will receive the interest yearly and pay them over to
my son David, but in case my son David should happen to get sick
or otherwise so situated that the interest will be insufficient
for his support, then my Executors will take to the principal
from time to time so as to support him. and further I order that
if my lands should be sold that twenty perches of ground will be
excepted where a graveyard is now fenced for the use of the
friends and neighbors. and further I order that if any of my
grandchildren should be under age at the time of my decease, then
herein before said Executors will retain their money in hand, the
said Peter Stauffer that part for for the children of my sons and
the said Jacob Brubacher that part for the children of my
daughters. Done this 15th day of March 1826

Ann <her X
mark> Hellman

Elias Eby
John Eby

Note: This would be the
wife of Lorentz Hellman. Will was probated July 26, 1845